ANJANERI HILL | THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NIGHT TREK
ABOUT ANJANERI HILL
Anjaneri hill is one of the place in the mountain
range of Nashik-Trambakeshwar, and it is known as birth place of Lord Hanuman.
It is located at 20 km distance from Trambakeshwar Nashik that lies at 4200 feet
height. 108 Jain caves found here which belongs to 11th and 12th
century. The area around Anjaneri once ruled by Veersen Ahir for brief period of
time. It has become one of breathe taking tourist spot for traveler. The views
from top will memorized from European country. It is one of the best attraction
of Nashik city in Maharashtra region. Anjaneri the name came after Lord Hanuman’s
mother Anjani.
HOW TO REACH ANJANERI HILL
BY AIR
Nearest airport is Mumbai International airport
and Shirdi domestic airport. One can hire self-drive car or can travel via bus.
BY ROAD
Anjaneri is well accessible by road. Distance from
Mumbai to Anjaneri is 165 km, Pune to Anjaneri is 240 km and from Nashik it is 30
km.
Regular buses available to reach Nashik from
various cities like Mumbai and Pune which is further connected to other states
of India. Share cabs are also a option from Mumbai to Nashik.
After reaching Nashik, MSRTC buses available
from central bus stand Nashik to reach Anjaneri phata. (Ticket varies between 30
to 50 INR).
BY TRAIN
Nashik is nearest trunk rail route from Mumbai,
Pune and other states. There are some express trains that halts at Nashik.
After walk of 5 minute from station Central bus stand lies on right. Cabs and
auto-rickshaws are available from Nashik station to Anjaneri phata.
NIGHT TREK TO ANJANERI HILL
So starting with my story Anjaneri Hill was in the bucket list of must visit
places from Maharashtra and already heard so much about this place. Photos of
this place attracted me so much. This was going to be my second trek from
Nashik region. First was Harihar fort and now the Anjaneri. I along with my two
friends made plan to trek this mountain in Nashik, and left on Saturday night as
decided. I was so excited to reach there. As decided we caught an express train
from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Mumbai on Saturday night at 11:15pm. Being
sudden plan we couldn't book ticket before but being desire to travel we still
managed to reach there in general compartment of train as it was just 3 hours
journey from Mumbai. We reached Nashik road station at around 2:30 am midnight.
It was surprise to see bit crowd outside of station, though it was night time.
We went to one of this small tapari and had tea with bun maska since it was so
cold in night. We had no idea about buses service at midnight, nor any idea
about trek but yea we believe the best of journeys are the ones that are
unplanned. With this thought we decided to take help of local people to reach
our destination. They helped us to reach our destination. We caught the bus as
guided by them from Nashik bus stand towards Trambak road and got down at
Anjaneri phata. It was only 20km distance to reach Anjaneri phata from Nashik bus
stand. Once you reach Anjaneri phata from Nashik, Anjaneri Hill lies on left
side. There is marking on main road at left side towards Hill. Our eyes were
swollen a bit due to lack of sleep in traveling, but yes it was desire that
told us to ignore this small pain.
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MARKING AT ANJANERI VILLAGE MAIN ROAD TOWARDS TRAMBAK
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We had a break of 15 minutes before we start further to the trail. Being
a night there was no option of
food availability apart from what we had in our bag-pack. Our bag-pack had some
snacks and energy bar that helped us to maintain energy throughout the
trek.
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| ENTRANCE GATE AT VILLAGE ANJANERI |
After small break we started trekking towards
main entrance of Anjaneri Hill where starting trail is simple as it is just walk
through vast surface that takes you to steep stairs point which is starting
path of trek. Before starting of this steep stairs there is small canteen which
is open in day time. To reach here the distance was not less than half
hour from Anjaneri village that goes through small pinnacles mountain and it is
named as 'Navra' and 'Navri'.
It is said that never miss the sunrise and
sunset from the top of mountain. We wanted to witness the charming beauty of
sunrise. We started putting pressure on legs to move bit faster. After crossing
the initial stairs there is narrow path with full of stones on right side
and valley on left side that looks so dangerous. At one side there is lush
greeneries, but we could witnessed it in morning while descending. There was no viewpoints
in night.
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| STAIRS ROUTE TO TOWARDS HILL TOP |
After crossing small rocky patch there is another long trail
with one feet stairs. On this rocky path of the mountain there is small caves
on left side. Entrance of this caves was so narrow with steep small stairs to
enter inside. One has to be careful while entering in the caves due to narrow
road. The road to the caves was with only stairs that looks like zig
zag path. At night we couldn't witness the picture due to no light.
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| CAVES ENTRY |
After the trek of 1.5 Hours we reached at first check point of temple which is
Anjani mata (Mother of Lord Hanuman). There is another small huts
that sells some snacks in day time. This is the only
temple of Anjani mata in the world. You may find Lord Hanumans childhoods
statue with mata Anjani. After break of 10 minute we started trekking towards
summit. After walk for another 20 min there is one lake which is of
foot shape. This lake was clearly visible from top of the mountain. This is
historical Lake, It
is said that Lord Hanuman has kept his foot on this surface, then after it
became foot shape Lake. This place is known for Hanuman foot print in Nashik.
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| NIGHT VIEW OF THE LAKE |
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| MATA ANJANI TEMPLE-THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD |
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| FOOT SHAPE OF LORD HANUMAN |
Our distance towards peak was not more than half
hour. The sky started turning into pink which was the indication of sunrise.
This is the time when everyone dreams about while hiking on Mountain. The colourful
view of the sky was engaging me to get busy with those views. It was not
possible for us to move further without clicking multi-coloured sky. We halted
for some time to feel what our desired is for and what brought us here from
long mile;
As I started reaching on top more nature
hugs was coming towards me. The scene was mesmerizing and helped me to regain
all lost energy. At last we reached on summit where we got so touched up with
sweet morning air and breath taking view of surrounding from height, and how
this cloud floats. We captured some of the breath taking views in cam.
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| SUNRISE AT ANJANERI |
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| SUNRISE VIEW FROM THE TOP OF ANJANERI MOUNTAIN |
After witnessing such an amazing beauty we moved further to
see temple of Lord Hanuman. This peak was the end point of this trek where
Lord Hanuman temple is situated. At top there is vast surface and there is one
small canteen next to temple where you may get some biscuits, cheeps, tea and
water. We took rest for almost 2-3 hours to enjoy the scenic beauty of Lord Hanuman’s
birth place and enjoyed our morning breakfast with tea and biscuits. One of my
group mate slept there as he was tired and never done such adventurous night
trek before. There are many youngsters which introduced themselves in to the
art of trekking at young age. Life time moment happens when you are on top of
the Mountain.
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| LORD HANUMAN TEMPLE AT SUMMIT |
"Everyone wants to stay on Mountain but happiness comes from climbing it to the peak"
I took my shoes off and sat for some time, and there, my other group mate gives
the call from back of the temple and trust me it felt so amazing to witness the
epic beauty with surrounding mountains and got engaged to click pretty photos
of nearby Hills. 360 view of Nashik Mountains was simply astonishing. While ascending we could not click much of the photos so we descend slowly with memories to take back. If you
want to know what is the Mountain desire is about? Then you must visit
this trek as it is easy for beginners also.
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| 360 DEGREE VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT |
To descend down from any trek is easy as you
know Gravity! Being no time boundaries we had enough time to take more memories
with us. It took us two hours to reach at base village. While in return journey we preferred to take direct bus to Mumbai which made our traveling smooth.
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| SURROUNDING MOUNTAIN VIEW |
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| FEW STUDENTS ARE CLIMBING UP WHERE WE ARE DESCENDING DOWN |
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| ANJANERI TREK MEMORIES |
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR ANJANERI HILL TREK
General compartment train ticket from Mumbai to Nashik road-
65 INR
Nashik railway station to Anjaneri village- 80 INR (both ways)
Lunch at Nashik-140 INR
Nashik to Mumbai bus fare-200 INR
We had our own snacks and enough water in bag-pack
IDEAL TIME TO VISIT ANJANERI HILL
Anjaneri is one of the crowded and famous place
from Nashik city.
Most of the tourist visits throughout the year.
Ideal time is monsoon and post monsoon October
to February to view the greenery and at some extent waterfalls.
Trekking in night is completely safe.
WHERE TO STAY AT ANJANERI HILL
Being a local village there are no stay option
at Anjaneri village.
Nashik city is on the distance of 20 km
from Anjaneri village. There are number of hotels and resorts available where
price varies as per deluxe to normal room.
Camping is allowed with own camping essentials.
WHAT TO EAT NEAR ANJANERI HILL
Traditional food is available at any restaurant
and they also serve veg and non-veg food.
PLACES TO VISIT NEAR ANJANERI HILL
- TRAMBAKESHWAR SHIVA TEMPLE
- GODAVARI RIVER
- KALA RAM MANDIR
- SULA VINEYARDS
- GUMPHA PANCHAVATI
THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU VISIT ANJANERI HILL
- It is easy trek for beginners.
- Enough space is available to pitch own tent.
- Carry extra water and some energy bars as there are limited huts available on the way.
- Carry proper hiking shoes as trail involves rocky surface. Try to avoid visiting this place in day time of summer due to more heat.
- Do not litter the place.
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